The Seahawks are getting the early nod at home for Monday Night Football in Week 8, with FanDuel Sportsbook listing Seattle as a 3-point favorite over the Bears.
Seattle opened at -172 on the moneyline, while Chicago came in at +144. The over/under was set at 46.5 points.
The Bears head to Seattle at 5-2 after a 30-24 win over the New England Patriots on Thursday night, which gave them a mini-bye before this matchup. The Seahawks enter at 4-3 following a 20-3 win over the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday Night Football.
That victory over Kansas City came with Seattle’s defense setting the tone and holding Patrick Mahomes and company in check. On the other side, the offense did enough while leaning on the run game and another strong outing from Jaxon Smith-Njigba.
Oddsmakers still like Seattle despite Chicago’s better record, and the line reflects confidence in what the Seahawks have shown at Lumen Field. Kansas City was also given the role of a three-point underdog in Seattle in Week 7, even before that game as an undefeated team, and the Seahawks handled it comfortably.
The 46.5-point total points to a matchup that could open up more than Seattle’s last game did. Chicago’s 30-point showing against New England stands in contrast to Seattle’s defensive clampdown on the Chiefs, setting up a clear strength-on-strength test between the Bears’ offense under Ben Johnson and a Seahawks defense coming off one of its best performances of the season.
Seattle gets another prime-time stage to build on that momentum, while Chicago will arrive trying to show it belongs in the NFC’s contender conversation.
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